04|04|2011

In the wake of the Japan earthquake, musicians,
artists and promoters have released compilations, organised live
shows and donated record sales to fund the relief in Japan. Here's
a list of who's giving what, we’ll add any more we find as and
when.

ATP are hosting ATP Japan, where all profits go to the Japanese Red
Cross. The line up features Squarepusher, LFO and Fuck Buttons.
London Kentish Town Forum, 21 April, 6pm, £20.

Antiopic Records and Thrill
Jockey have released a 64 track benefit compilation. All
the proceeds from Benefit For The Recovery In Japan will
be donated to the relief effort via not-for profit organisation
Civic Force. Tracks have been donated by Ben Frost, Tim Hecker,
Keith Fullerton Whitman, Growing, Rhys Chatham,
Jackie-O-Motherfucker and others, and the album is available for
download. Get it here.

Soul Aid is a set of tracks
donated by artists for download. All tracks are free and donations
are voluntary. Featured artists include Mock &
Toof, Miss Kittin and Tokyo Black
Star.

Boredoms member Shinji Masuko has asked for
direct donations to deliver support to Japan’s community of artists
and musicians. Shinji says “So many our friends, friends of
friends, friends families, musicians, people who work in music
venues, etc… a lot of people who we know were struck…We want to
send relief and condolence donation directly to people and
north-east Japan’s music scene in future. Please send donations or
organise benefits show in your town for them. Please send donations
via paypal: dmbq@dmbq.net.” The full open letter is posted here.

Contributor to The WireClive Bell is
playing shakuhachi at Charity Concert in Aid of the Tohoku
Earthquake & Tsunami Relief Effort: One hour of music for koto,
sho, shakuhachi, voice, viola, clarinet and oboe with Okeanos
Ensemble plus traditional Japanese & Gagaku music with
contemporary works by Dai Fujikura, Howard Skempton and Nicola
LeFanu. All donations to the charities Peace Winds Japan, Save the
Children, also to the Japan Society UK. London St Lawrence
Jewry-next-Guildhall, 4 April, 7pm.

Thrill Jockey, Boredoms and
OOIOO are donating 100% of the proceeds from the
sales of Boredoms Super Roots 9, and Gold and
Green, Taiga or Eye Remix EP by OOIOO. Funds
will be donated to Civic Force, Peace Winds and the Fukushima
Prefecture municipality. Head here
for more info.

Cold Cave released a limited edition cassette
with all the proceeds going towards relief in Japan (now sold
out).

Already been and gone is John Zorn’s
New York benefit concert at Miller Theatre. It raised over
$34,000 in ticket sales, 100% of which will be contributed to the
Japan Society’s Earthquake Relief Fund. “Events of this kind do
more than raise money, they bring people together and help us to
heal,” said Zorn.

Dig Deep For Japan at Corsica Studios on 16
April asks for a £7 minimum via a Just Giving page. The night
features Horse Meat Disco, Idjut Boys, Felix Dickinson, live
cabaret from the House Of Downlow and more.

A compilation from records label Force Of
Nature called
Sendai Japan features a specially recorded Cindytalk track
entitled "E Quindi Uscimmo A Riveder Le Stelle" (Italian, meaning
“We Then Emerged To See The Stars Again”), plus tracks from the
[law_rah] collective, Synnack and Instinct Primal. Contributors ask
for a £5 donation.

Snuff Crew have released Snuff Trax For Japan,
a 45 track compilation features Laurent Garnier and others. More
info here.

The Centrifuge & Splutter team are hosting
a fundraising event at Elektrowerkz. The line up features Icarus,
Mike Dred, Luke’s Anger, Monster, Point B, and Scheme Boy, plus
DJs, artist Stik and a raffle. 100% of the profits will go to Peace
Winds. London Electrowerkz, 28 April, 10pm–4am, £7/10.

Artists including Heatsick, The Haxan Cloak, Bill Kouligas and
Becoming Real have donated tracks to a Night School cassette. All profits
will be donated to the Japan Tsunami Appeal, and Night School will
not be giving the artists involved free copies, or retaining any
copies. Available here.

Sonic Youth are selling a collection of
instruments on eBay including an Ibanez Roadster II used
between 1986–1988 that was featured in the video for "Titanium
Exposé". All proceeds go to the Japan appeal via Shelter Box
USA.

Distributors Wordsandsounds have released
Japanease, a 138 track compilation of electronic
music in three parts, plus a T-shirt. The compilation features Wolf
& Lamb, Nathan Fake, Faze Action, Prins Thomas and more. The
entire income will be donated to the area of Sendai/Miyagi via the
German Japanese Association. Available here.

Fabric has teamed up with Hospitality and
Shogun Audio for two
fundraising nights where all profits (including bar takings)
will go to the Red Cross Disaster Fund, New Zealand Embassy
Christchurch Earthquake Appeal, Red Dot Relief, and The Japan
Society Tohoku Earthquake Relief Fund. 12 May features Hatcha, High
Contrast, Icicle and more, and 26 May includes Carl Cox, John
Digweed, Yousef, and others. Tickets here.

Tomodachi Calling! is a charity
webshop that asks artists and musicians to submit designs to be
printed on T-shirts and other paraphernalia. Designers already
signed up are Michel Gondry, Robert Crumb, Daniel Johnston, Blonde
Redhead, Yamataka Eye, and others. All profits go to the Japanese
Red Cross.

Andy Votel and clothes boutique Oi Polloi in
Manchester team up for a night of fundraising on 30 April at The
Gaslamp. Ahead of the night Votel has compiled a mix of Japanese
obscurities entitled Futen Carmen Meets Keizer Ketchup - Embalmed
Japanese Concept Pop. Listen below, or head to Facebook for more
event details.

Ten artists and bands perform on 30 April, as part of the
Cheltenham Jazz Fringe Festival. Acts include
Longstone, Hailström and more.
All proceeds go to the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal. Full
details on the Facebook event page.

Pacific Support is a cassette compilation featuring
Rene Hell, Keith Fullerton
Whitman, Greg Davis, The North
Sea and more. All proceeds go to the Red Cross. For this
one even the cassette run of 300 was printed for free. Available
from DRAFT
for $8.

Electric Temple Records have
released a double cassette/digital compilation featuring Forma, The
North Sea, Sic Alps, Glenn Jones, Steven R Smith and more. All
proceeds go to Shelterbox. More info at the Electric Temple site.

Frank McComb is headlining a charity concert
for victims of the Japan earthquake, on a bill which also includes
Kenji Suzuki, keyboardist Dave Clayton, and XOVA. London Hideaway,
22 May, 7pm, £10.

Forest Swords is releasing Fjree Feather on
20 June, a six track EP of remastered early demo material. All
money raised will be donated to the Red Cross. The EP is released
on white vinyl and digital. Vinyl can be pre-ordered
now, and the 320kbps download is priced at £5.